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Apparently, Oprah isn't the only one with the golden book club touch: An unexpected endorsement from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has resulted in a huge jump in sales for a book by a critic of U.S. foreign policy. William Blum's "Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower" was ranked 209,000 on Amazon.com's sales list before bin Laden mentioned it in ...

Malaysian police law includes making detainees doing squats naked: "A Malaysian inquiry has called on the police to stop forcing some suspects to strip and perform naked squats. The inquiry, ordered after a video emerged of a naked woman doing squats in a Malaysian police station, said the practice infringed human rights. Complaints by Chinese tourists of similar treatment sparked a diplomatic row with Beijing. The video caused ...